It seems like not a day goes by without a report of some new cyber security threat. That's why, earlier this year, researchers at ESET predicted that mobile malware and localized attacks on modem platforms were some of the most important tech trends for consumers to stay conscious of.

Since Android has become the dominant platform in the mobile market, hackers have begun to set their sites on its vulnerabilities. Android malware first appeared in 2010, but the number of variants didn't take off until late 2011, setting up 2012 as a year for proliferation. Now, with these types of attacks becoming increasingly commonplace, phone security has gone beyond the threat of losing the device itself, and become focused on protecting the valuable information stored inside said device.